Bill Text: MA S575 | 2009-2010 | 186th General Court | Introduced
Bill Title: Increase access to primary care physicians for masshealth patients
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-05-05 - Bill reported favorably by committee as changed and referred to the Senate Committee on Ethics and Rules [S575 Detail]
Download: Massachusetts-2009-S575-Introduced.html
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
O'Leary, Robert (SEN)
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To the
Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of
Massachusetts in General
Court assembled:
The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the passage of the accompanying bill:
An Act Relative to Increasing Access to Primary Care Physicians for MassHealth Patients.
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PETITION OF:
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Name: |
District/Address: |
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O'Leary, Robert (SEN) |
Cape and Islands |
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James B. Eldridge |
Middlesex and Worcester |
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Jennifer L. Flanagan |
Worcester and Middlesex |
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Bruce E. Tarr |
First Essex and Middlesex |
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Susan C. Tucker |
Second Essex and Middlesex |
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Ellen Story |
3rd Hampshire |
The Commonwealth of
Massachusetts
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In the Year Two Thousand and Nine
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An Act Relative to Increasing Access to Primary Care Physicians for
MassHealth Patients.
Be
it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court
assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
SECTION 1. Section 16 of chapter 6A of the general laws, as appearing in the 2006 official edition, is hereby amended by inserting, at the end thereof, the following:-
Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the executive office of health and human services may promulgate regulations allowing any primary care physician participating in the MassHealth program to limit the number of MassHealth patients in his or her practice in accordance with standards or procedures to be established by the executive office of health and human services.
